Silo.



U. A. HOUSE.

SILO.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1912.

1,062,256.- Patented May 20,1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. u. c,

CI-IAUNCEY A. BOOSE, OF ATLANTA, NEBRASKA.

SILO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Application filed August 29, 1912. Serial N 0. 717,780.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHAUNonY A. Roosn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county ofPhelps and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Silo-s; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in silos andparticularly to improvements for securely holding the verticallydisposed wall sections in place.

The prime object of my invention is to provide means whereby a pluralityof bands, used to hold the vertical sections of the silo in place may besimultaneously tightened.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparentin the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings. I have shown the preferred forms which myinvention may take.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing the type of silohaving my invention secured in position thereon. Big. 2 is a perspectiveview of one of the tightening members. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of aplate adapted to be secured to the side of the silo adj acent each ofthe tightening members. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the guidingloop employed by me. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of my device.Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a portion of my device. Fig. 7 is asectional view of a slightly modified form of tightening member employedby me, and, Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the preferred constructionof the ends of one of the bands.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, the same numeraldesignating corresponding parts throughout the several views, 8 is thetype of silo which is cylindrical in shape and vertically disposed. Thesilo is constructed of a plurality of vertically arranged sections,which when fitted together, form a cylindrical tank. In order that thesections may be held in cylindrical form, a plurality of encirclingbands 9 are employed, the ends of said bands being secured to atightening member 10.

As shown in Fig. 2, the tightening block 10 consists of substantiallysimilarly formed plates 11 and 12, the plate 11 being provided near itscentral portion with a spacing block 13. The blocks 11 and 12 areassembled in the manner shown and are secured together by means of ascrew 14 or in any other desired suitable manner. The upper ends of theplates are provided with registering apertures 15, for a purposehereinafter made clearly apparent, and near their lower ends withregistering apertures 16 and 17, and the ends of the encircling bands 9are pivotally secured in said apertures, as by being formed with aT-head 18, as clearly shown in Fig. 8, or the ends of the encirclingbands may be formed with loops 19 adapted to be secured in relation tothe tightening memher by means of bolts 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 7.In Fig. 7 the tightening member is shown as being formed of a singlecasting having bifurcated ends, one of said ends being adapted toreceive the ends of the encircling bands therebetween.

A plate 21 is arranged in line with each of the encircling bands andsaid plate is provided with an outward ledge 22 at its lower end,against which the lower end of the tightening member is adapted to bear.The plate 21 is secured in position in any desired manner and slots 23are formed therein to allow for slight lateral adjustment, if necessary.The plates 21 are arranged one above the other and the encircling bandsarearranged so that their tightening members will be disposed in themanner indicated in Fig. l.

The upper end of each of the tightening members 10 is pivotally securedto an operating bar 24, which extends vertically'of the silo, as shown,the operating bar being preferably flattened and extending between thebifurcated ends of the tightening members and secured in position bymeans of bolts 25 extending through said bar and the apertures 15. Thelower end 24 of the operating bar is formed separately from the upperend thereof and is adapted to be secured to said upper end by means of abolt 25. The sections of the operating bar may be increased or decreasedas desired. The lower end of the operating bar is screw threaded asshown at 27, and is adapted to extend through the central portion of aplate 28.

The ends of the plate 28 are apertured to receive the upper screwthreaded ends of standards 29, which extend upwardly from the base ofthe silo, or other tank.

In order that the operating bar may be moved downwardly so as tosimultaneously tighten all of the encircling bands 9, I provide aninternally threaded nut 30 for the end of the operating bar andpreferably interpose a spring 31 between said stop and the under surfaceof the plate 28, and, when the parts are assembled as just described,the nuts 32 are turned upon the standards 29 to draw the plate 28downwardly, thus moving the operating bar downwardly and causing thetightening member to tighten each of the encircling bands.

By this construction it will be seen that the tightening bands will bebrought into close engagement with the sections of the silo, or othertank. It will further be seen that the provision of the spring 32' willallow for any expansion or contraction of the sections of the silo, orother tank.

In order that the operating bar and the associated tightening membersmay be held in normal position in relation to the side of the silo, Iemploy U-shaped straps 33, which extend over the operating bar, theU-shaped portion of said straps being of sufficient width to permit theoperation of said operating bar.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have providedmeans whereby the encircling bands of a silo may be simultaneouslytightened and resiliently held against its sections.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a tank formed of sections; of means for holdingsaid sections together comprising a plurality of bands adapted toencircle said tank, tightening members secured to the ends of each ofsaid bands, and means to simultaneously operate all of said tighteningmembers.

2. The combination with a tank; of means for strengthening the samecomprising 21 plurality of bands adapted to extend around said tank, atightening lever connected to the ends of each of said bands, and meanssecured to each of said levers whereby all of said bands may besimultaneously tightened.

3. The combination with a tank; of means for strengthening the samecomprising a plurality of bands arranged therearound, a tightening leverconnected to the ends of each of said bands, an operating bar con nectedto the opposite end of each of said levers, and means to move saidoperating bar whereby all of said bands may be simultaneously tightened.

4. The combination with a cylindrical tank formed of sections; of meansfor holding said sections together comprising a plurality of bandsextending around said tank, tightening levers having one end connectedto the ends of each of said bands, an operating bar connected to theopposite ends of said levers, and means whereby said bar may be movedlongitudinally.

5. The combination with a tank; of means for strengthening said tankcomprising a plurality of bands extending therearound, tightening leversfor said bands, an operating bar connected to each of said levers, aplate receiving said bar therethrough and arranged transversely thereof,a stop on said bar beyond said plate, a spring interposed between saidstop and said plate, and means to move said plate whereby saidtightening lever will be operated.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAUNOEY A. ROOSE. l/Vitnesses F. EDWARDS, THEO. TRE-HEARNE.

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